Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Trochida > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Calliostomatidae > Subfamily Calliostomatinae > Genus Calliostoma

Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Trochus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calliostoma*	Swainson, 1840	accepted genus name
*Conulus*	Nardo, 1841	objective synonym
*Zizyphinus*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Trochus (Calliostoma)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Trochus (Ziziphinus)*	Gray, 1842	synonym
*Trochus (Zizyphinus)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Ziziphinus*	J. E. Gray, 1842	synonym

Species group names

*Trochus agrestis*	R. A. Philippi, 1843	junior homonym
*Calliostoma alexandrinum*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Calliostoma conuloides*	(Lamarck, 1822)	synonym
*Calliostoma conuloides var. canariensis*	Mabille, 1898	synonym
*Calliostoma conuloides var. intermedia*	Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Calliostoma conulus var. livida*	Dautzenberg, 1927	synonym
*Calliostoma demissum*	(Monterosato, 1889)	synonym
*Calliostoma demissum var. laevigata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Calliostoma lividum*	Dautzenberg, 1927	synonym
*Calliostoma zizyphinum var. elongata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Calliostoma zizyphinum var. intermedia*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Calliostoma zizyphinum var. lyonsii*	(Leach, 1850)	synonym
*Calliostoma zizyphinum var. major*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Calliostoma zizyphinum var. marmorata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Conulus typus*	Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Trochus (Zizyphinus) zizyphinus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Trochus (Zizyphinus) zizyphinus var. albina*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Trochus (Zizyphinus) zizyphinus var. strangulata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Trochus albidus*	W. Wood, 1828	synonym; nom. inval.
*Trochus chemnitzii*	R. A. Philippi, 1848	synonym
*Trochus cranchi*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Trochus discrepans*	T. Brown, 1818	synonym
*Trochus flavus*	Anton, 1849	synonym
*Trochus irregularis*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Trochus laevigatus*	J. Sowerby, 1817	synonym
*Trochus lineolatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Trochus lyonsii*	Leach, 1850	synonym
*Trochus zizyphinus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Trochus zizyphinus var. albina*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Trochus zizyphinus var. cingulata*	Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Trochus zizyphinus var. dilatata*	Jeffreys, 1856	synonym
*Trochus zizyphinus var. elata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Trochus zizyphinus var. granulifera*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Trochus zizyphinus var. humilior*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Trochus zizyphinus var. strangulata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Ziziphinus vulgaris*	J. E. Gray, 1850	synonym
*Zizyphinus altus*	Locard, 1904	synonym
*Zizyphinus dalmaticus*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus demissus*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus linnaei*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Zizyphinus linnaei var. cornea*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus linnaei var. pallida*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus linnaei var. rotundata*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus linnaei var. scalaris*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus linnaei var. simulans*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus linnaei var. typica*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus lissus*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus novegradensis*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Zizyphinus vulgaris*	J. E. Gray, 1850	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: plettet topsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: priktolhoren sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: European painted topsnail; painted top shell; painted topsnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: calliostome; troque jujube sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Bunte Kreiselschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Μεγάλος τροχός

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Chiappa, C., Fassio, G., Smriglio, C., Mariottini, P., Albano, P.G., Modica, M.V., Zuccon, D., Puillandre, N. & Oliverio, M. (2024). The polymorphic top-shell puzzle: iterative taxonomy of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae), in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90: eyae026.
additional source	Micali P. (2013) Riscoperta di Calliostoma agrigentinum Coen, 1936, con note su alcuni sinonimi di C. zizyphinum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 81: 25-27.
additional source	Lebour, M. V. (1936). Notes on the eggs and larvae of some Plymouth prosobranchs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 20(3): 547-565.
new combination reference	Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141767